Pair of Dolls
1900s
Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.267
Young Ibibio girls would play with dolls for fun. They also took on deeper significance when a girl entered seclusion to go through preparations for adulthood and marriage, representing her future children and promoting her fertility. The kaolin (white clay) that once covered...
Sculpture
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159496
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en
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import
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accession
1996.267
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Terms
Technique
Wood, kaolin, and paint
Medium
Wood, kaolin, and paint
Genre
Sculpture
Department
African Art
Relations
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